english accent

The Accent of the American English in the United States

When settlers moved from England to the Americas from the 17th Century, their speech patterns stuck in place. That was particularly true in more isolated parts of the US, such as on islands and in mountains. As a result, the theory goes, some Americans speak English with an accent more akin to Shakespeare’s than to…

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learning numbers

Contrasting ‘Teens’ and ‘Tens’

The ‘teens’ and ‘tens’ can be tricky because of difficulties is distinguishing between similar-sounding pairs like 13 – 30, 14 -40, etc. Write the following list of numbers and as you point to the numbers, exaggerate the pronunciation, emphasizing the ‘teen’ of each number and the unaccented ‘y’ on the ‘tens’.    12 – 20…

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